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Some people never expect to be expected by Fitzgerald, Penelope

“…Penelope Fitzgerald was attached to the virtue of omission, telling one interviewer that her books were ‘about twice the length … when they’re first finished,…”
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Throw your testicles: Tom Shippey reviews ‘Book of Beasts’ edited by Elizabeth Morrison, with Larisa Grollemond by Shippey, Tom

“…Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World edited by Elizabeth Morrison, with Larisa Grollemond Getty, 354 pp, £45.00, June, ISBN 978 1 60606 590 7…”
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Stir and Bustle: David Trotter reviews ‘Corridors’ by Roger Luckhurst by Trotter, David

“…Corridors: Passages of Modernity by Roger Luckhurst Reaktion, 240 pp, £25.00, March, ISBN 978 1 78914 053 8 In the original film noir, John Huston’s Maltese…”
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Wake up. Foul mood. Detest myself: Ysenda Maxtone Graham reviews ‘Lost Girls’ by D.J. Taylor by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

“…Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature, 1939-51 by D.J. Taylor Constable, 388 pp, £25.00, September, ISBN 978 1 4721 2686 3 Rather D.J. Taylor than me, when it…”
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At the Jeu de Paume by Dillon, Brian

“…The American photographer Peter Hujar once told a friend who was feeling unattractive: ‘As you’re walking along, say to yourself: I’m me.’ Hujar’s subjects…”
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More a Voyeur: Colm Tóibín reviews ‘Me’ by Elton John by Tóibín, Colm

“…Me by Elton John Macmillan, 376 pp, £25.00, October, ISBN 978 1 5098 5331 1 Elton John was born Reg Dwight in 1947 in the north-west London suburb of Pinner…”
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What next for Bolivia? by Wood, Tony

“…The crisis that led to Evo Morales’s forced removal as president of Bolivia began on the night of Monday, 21 October. Presidential and parliamentary elections…”
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The Enlightened Vote: Stefan Collini reviews ‘‘What Is a Nation?’ and Other Political Writings’ by Ernest Renan, translated and edited by M.F.N. Giglioli by Collini, Stefan

“…‘What Is a Nation?’ and Other Political Writings by Ernest Renan, translated and edited by M.F.N. Giglioli Columbia, 328 pp, £62.00, September 2018, ISBN 978 0…”
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Diary: A Whiff of Tear Gas by Lanchester, John

“…Oscar Wilde once said that ‘Royal Irish Academy’ was a ‘triple oxymoron’. I have recycled this joke quite a few times, in respect of the Hong Kong Literary…”
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Afloat with Static: Jenny Turner reviews ‘Face It’ by Debbie Harry by Turner, Jenny

“…Face It by Debbie Harry HarperCollins, 352 pp, £20.00, October, ISBN 978 0 00 822942 9 As a child, Debbie Harry was always searching for ‘the perfect taste’…”
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At the Wallace Collection by Thomas, Inigo

“…The Jalori Pass in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, is ten thousand feet above sea level: there was snow on the ground when I crossed it on foot in May 1982,…”
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Short Cuts: Life on Licence by Stopes, Harry

“…John is one of more than 250,000 people in Britain living under the supervision of the probation service. He got out of prison in April 2018, when his sentence…”
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Picture in Little: Charles Nicholl reviews ‘Nicholas Hilliard’ by Elizabeth Goldring by Nicholl, Charles

“…Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring Yale, 337 pp, £40.00, February, ISBN 978 0 300 24142 6 The house was ‘at the sign of the Maidenhead’…”
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Tremendous in His Wrath: Eric Foner reviews ‘‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret’’ by Mary Thompson by Foner, Eric

“…‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret’: George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon by Mary Thompson Virginia, 502 pp, £32.50,…”
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Plenty of Puff: Charles West reviews ‘King and Emperor’ by Janet Nelson by West, Charles

“…King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson Allen Lane, 704 pp, £30.00, July, ISBN 978 0 7139 9243 4 When Charlemagne, king of the Franks,…”
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Medusa in Venice by Tamás, Rebecca

“…Medusa in Venice Rebecca Tamás…”
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I just let him have his beer: Christopher Tayler reviews ‘The Man who Wrote the Perfect Novel’ by Charles Shields and ‘Nothing but the Night’ by John Williams by Tayler, Christopher

“…The Man who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams, ‘Stoner’ and the Writing Life by Charles Shields Texas, 305 pp, £23.99, October 2018, ISBN 978 1 4773 1736…”
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Get What You Want by McLane, Maureen N

“…Get What You Want Maureen N. McLane…”
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BJ + Brexit or JC + 2 refs? by Runciman, David

“…The last time the country went to the polls in winter it was also a ‘Who governs Britain?’ election. In February 1974 Ted Heath called on the voters to decide…”
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Can’t hear, speak up: Joanna Biggs reviews ‘The Topeka School’ by Ben Lerner by Biggs, Joanna

“…The Topeka School by Ben Lerner Granta, 304 pp, £16.99, November, ISBN 978 1 78378 572 8 Sometimes I think people who write autofiction are narcissists. But I…”
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